SANSON (Guillaume). [L'Atlas Nouveau]. Paris, Hubert Jaillot, [1681]. Large folio (62 x 48 cm), brown calf, double gilt fillet, ornate spine, roulette on the edges, spotted edges (Binding of the period). First edition of this sumptuous collection of maps, almost all by Guillaume Sanson (1633-1703), the king's geographer like his father Nicolas Sanson dit d'Abbeville. The Atlas Nouveau was published by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot in 1681, but the maps date from the previous decade, between 1672 and 1676. The present copy contains 23 very fine double-page copper-engraved maps in large format (approximately 62 x 90 cm), with borders coloured in the period. All are by Guillaume Sanson. Composition (the numbering refers to the collation given by Mireille Pastoureau): [1] Mappe-monde géo-hydrographique ou description générale du globe terrestre et aquatique en deux plans-hémisphères. 1674. Hole with small lack in the ornamental cartouche. - 3] Asia distinguished in its principal parts. 1674. - 8] Scandinavia and the vicinity of the kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. 1675. - 15] The Pyrenees Mountains, where the passages from France to Spain are noted. 1675. - 14] Alsace divided into its main parts. 1674. - 17] The German Empire. 1674. - 18] The Netherlands divided into seventeen provinces... 1672. Minor scratches on title cartouche. - 19] The Provinces of the Catholic Low Countries. 1672. Ink stains on title block. - 20] United Provinces of the Netherlands. 1673. Fine tears in middle fold. - 21] Northern part of the County of Holland. 1674. Assembled to : Southern part of the County of Holland. 1674. Coat of arms hidden in the lower cartouche. - 22] The Course of the River Rhein from its Source to its Mouth. 1672. - 23] The Swabian Circle. 1675. - 24] The Electoral Circle of the Rhein (sic). 1675. - 26] The Circle of Westphalia. 1675. - 27] The District of Franconia. 1674. - 28] The Circle of Bavaria. 1675. - 32] The Circle of Upper Saxony. 1676. - 33] The Marquisate and Eslectorate of Brandenburg. 1676. - 34] The Duchy of Pomerania. 1676. - 36] The Estates of the Crown of Poland. 1675. - 38] Catalonia under the name of which are included the Principality of Catalonia and the Counties of Roussillon and Cerdagne. 1674. - 42] The Kingdom of Hungary and the States which have been subjects and dependants of its Crown. 1673. - 43] The States of the Empire of the Great Lord of the Turks in Europe, Asia and Africa. 1675. In cartons, map of the kingdoms of Algiers and Fez. Copy incomplete of 23 maps, title-frontispiece and table leaf. On a flyleaf, a contemporary handwritten table lists 36 maps (13 of which were subsequently removed from the volume). Binding worn and badly worn. Discreet scratches or smudges on the coats of arms adorning the title cartouches of some maps, minor dampstaining and minor marginal tears. Apart from these reservations, the present maps are very well preserved. Pastoureau, Jaillot I Aa 1681, pp. 235-241.